An on-demand video of “Launching Science Based Targets for Seafood: A Tool for Industry” is available free for SeafoodSource Premium members and for USD 350 (EUR 308) to non-members through the Complete Digital Ticket: Seafood Expo North America 2025.
The presentation which featured Conservation International Program Manager for Ocean Metrics and Responsible Business Taylor Witkin, Marine Stewardship Council Regional Director for the Americas Erika Feller, World Wildlife Fund Marine Conservation Scientist Alice Thomas-Smyth, Science Based Targets Network Director of Marketing and Communications Arabella Stickels, Aquaculture Stewardship Council Director of Impacts, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Ocean Fox Advisory Founder and Consultant Klaas de Vos was described as follows:
The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) Ocean Hub, co-led by WWF and Conservation International, is thrilled to launch Version 1 of Science Based-Targets for Seafood Value Chains at Seafood Expo North America and Seafood Expo Global.
SBTN methodology is a new tool that supports the seafood industry’s journey to create and meet robust environmental responsibility targets. By empowering businesses to operate within Earth's limits while meeting society's needs, science-based targets give companies a clear pathway to competitiveness and resilience, using science to define their role in protecting and restoring nature and biodiversity while creating consistency across corporate commitments.
This session will involve a panel discussion and Q&A session exploring how companies can leverage this new guidance to drive positive environmental impact, mitigate supply chain risks, and unlock new opportunities within their seafood systems. We’ll hear about the experiences of companies that participated in SBTNs pilot of the methodology and highlight key benefits of target-setting, reinforcing that SBTN is closing critical gaps in corporate sustainability by: increasing ambition and action on nature that is backed by science, providing credibility and a common language to advance engagement with stakeholders, and acting as a trusted compass for companies to implement effective solutions.
This methodology covers wild capture and farmed seafood and includes several key drivers of nature and biodiversity loss.
Target 1: Avoid and Reduce Overexploitation
Target 2: Protect Structural Marine Habitats
Target 3: Reduce Risks to Endangered, Threatened, and Protected Marine Wildlife Populations
The 2025 Seafood Expo North America, which took place 15 to 17 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., featured a comprehensive conference program of live panel events focusing on topics chosen to be of vital interest to the seafood industry.
The more than 25 individual presentations from SENA featured exclusive information and insight from seafood industry experts on a range of topics, including diversity in the seafood industry and how the sector can best navigate current economic, energy, and trade policies.
